Hand-clipper.



L. H. LA CHANCE.-

HAND CLIPPER.

APPLICATION man OCT. 13. 1913.

EJ64 532, 'Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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@m. 65 \g mwg v -LEANIOER E. LA CHANCE, OF GHICAGG, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICELGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,

Application fi1ed Geto'oer 13, 1913.

b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. imixnnn ll. LA CIIAXCE, a citizen of the l nited hitai'es, residing at- Chieag'o, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. ha Y0 invent d new and useful improvements in llanihGlippers, of which the following is a specifiealiion. reference? lining had to fhe aceompani'ing draw ings, forming: a part thereof;

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved and simplified form of knife for use in a hand-o ieraied clipper of the type known as a womb shear.

It consists of the features and element-s described and shown in the drawings as dicated by the claims.

'i'iew I hand clipper emln'idying thi rention. Fig. :2 isa section t oated line F22 on Fig. 1. tail PElSl T QCtiYE view a sectional deiaii of invention The clipper to which this in? lates is of a type in which the ele reduced to their simplest rn'is. handles, A and A are formed. a" iniq, portions of the spring, A, by whi yieldingdy held apart. The han le, l'ies rigidly the cutter cor ,l

handle, A, engages the knife. purpose of oscillating" the later over ml) in the cuttingoperation the spri A, serving; to return the partslo 'lhe 3f a,-

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pins, D, D, are fixed on l'he comb B, to limit the stroke of the knife, v. render ihe clipper eil'ective in operation, will be understood that the knife, if, must be pressed firmly against the eon h, l), and to accomplish this the handle, [1 which carries said knife-is initially sprung: toward the comb, B, so as to exert a pr his direction for holding the knife, i), in r on tact with the comb. For lhe sa e, of simplioity and cheapness of manmaotnre the knife, C, is conneeted with itsoperaling handle A merely by the engagement of the latter with a recess or notch in the upper face of the knife, the spring pressure 0" the handle, A in the direction of th eon'ih, 5.), serving to maintain such engagement. yrs illustrated in the drawing the knife, U, is

- (raggement hetwe ILLINOIS, A CORPGRATIGN OF ILLINOIS.

ID-CLIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 791,781.

iormeil of Fiat stool: bent. inio a hump, C ,in rermeiliate lietn'een the two-edged cutting end. l. and the heel. C. or" the knife, and this hump, is notehedat; C,to receive the end or the handle, U. To retain the knife. C, against longitinlinai movement along the handle, if. the latter is formed with a stop shoulder. A, engagin the rear face of the hump. 1 and the extreme end of said handle is hent at A, forming a second shoulder ene'agi g the 'lorn'ard face of the hump. iihis la rter eonsrrue'ion is preferred in that it furnishes .the necessary stop shoulder with minimum protrusion of the end of the handle, Ji thus lessening its liability to beeome caught in the hair during use of the 'L( of ihe simplicity of this enihe handle, 9* and the knife, i, the rem cal of the latter for sharp or replnre-men's greatly facilitated, of adjustment is insured 1 all in we manufacture of the iool. to (he eomzenienoe of the elipper ehand A and A", are provid d, h a ihuml) piece, and

3 as illustrated in g the extreme end is out of?) with {11% fore o ihe hump, U, and zhe stop shoulders n'hieh prevent longitudinal naivement of ihe kn alone the handle coiisth into a proieelion extending downwardly from the handle inside the hump, C, abutting: ihe respeeiive inner walls of the hump lilil 50,,

end as a a comb clipper comprising two Slil'lilfi ('0llll0ijif(,l handles, a comb rigidly secured lo one of lhem, the other being adapted to vibrate tm'vard and from khe first; a knife carried by the second handle having in ii's upper side an upwardly open recess preseniing late -al walls for engagement of lhe \ihrating handle, the end of said handle llllllg normally sprung to 'zird the comb for engagement with the recess of the knife to vibrate the latter and press it toward the comb.

2. In a comb clipper comprising two spring-connected handles, a comb rigidly securedto one of them and a knife carried by the other, the knife having intermediate between its point and heel, a transvm'sely e: tending npraise, said npt'aise having a notch extending entirely across it longitudinally of the knit and handle, and the end of the handle being sprung toward the comb and loeged in the notch of the knife. said handle heiag provided with ahntnients aged i the knife against ltmgitndinal. move- Lit-13 handle.

a comb elipper comprising two div se- P. In an5ingmronneeted handles, a comb rig nod to one of them and a knife carried by the other, said knife having internmliate between its point and heel a transversely ex tending npraise having an upwardly open. notch extending acioss it longitudinally of the knife, the endv of the handle heiiiig sprung toward the comb and vlmlged in the notch of the knife, maid handle being it'orn'ied with a shoulder atnitting the rear Mace of the up" raise of the knife, and the extreme in? of the handle being heatto engage the forward face said 1' for stopping the knife against to: idinal movement on the hantending hump bent; :in it intermediate DL tween the point and the heeh the top of said hump being slotted to form a notch and the end of the handle being sprung toward the comb to engage said notch, and means adapted to stop the knife against movement lontndinally on the handle.

5 In a comb clipper comprising two spring-(anmected handles a comb rigidly se cared to one of them and a knife carried by the other, said knife being formed of flat; stock wih a transversely and upwardly extending hum or bend in it intermediate between the nointand the heel, the top of the ham hein; V etted to form a notch and the end of the handle being normally sprung ton'ard the conih and adapted. to engage said notch, the engaging end of the handle havingfiwo shoulders which engage IOSPCCLIYQIY in 'HOIIL 0t and helnnd the t,wo walls of the hump for stopping the knife against movement lmigitndinally with respect to said engaging end portion of the handle.

In testimmi whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 9th day of October, 1913.

LIQANDEH II. LA CHANCE.

Witnesse II. I. AnnILL, FRANK Kine. 

